METHOD SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING USE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES BY USER DETECTION - Patent 1520416

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EP 1 520 416 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	06.04.2005 Bulletin 2005/14

(21)	Application number: 03735889.2

(22)	Date of filing: 10.06.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H04N 7/16, H04N 5/445, H04N 7/10

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/IB2003/002607

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2004/004342 (08.01.2004 Gazette 2004/02)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK

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Priority:

26.06.2002 US 180599

(71)	Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
	5621 BA Eindhoven (NL)

(72)	Inventors:
	GUTTA, Srinivas Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510 (US) TRAJKOVIC, Miroslav Briarcliff Manor, NY 10591 (US) PHILOMIN, Vasanth Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510 (US)

(74)	Representative: Groenendaal, Antonius Wilhelmus Maria
	PhilipsIntellectual Property & StandardsP.O. Box 220 5600 AE Eindhoven 5600 AE Eindhoven (NL)

(54)	METHOD SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING USE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES BY USER DETECTION